Our nation’s capital is a funny place filled with contradictions or haven’t you heard? Take protecting our public health. Last week, the Food and Drug Administration released new proposed cigarette … Read more
Conservation
What the frack? Even 60 Minutes and CSI are concerned about fracking
Hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, for natural gas is hurting people and local economies across the U.S. Read more
Cooking the Earth: Wildlife Deserve Better
A few weeks ago, National Wildlife Federation’s Jim Lyon and Felice Stadler traveled to Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada to experience the devastation caused by the Canadian tar sands oil operation … Read more
Public Lands, Water and Wildlife Package Will Help Protect America’s Natural Resources
From the mountain lions in the Organ Mountains of New Mexico, to lake sturgeon in the Great Lakes, to the barred owl of the Alabama Black Belt Heritage Area–a package … Read more
Sea Ice Breakup Could Hit Polar Bears Hard in Churchill and Elsewhere
The polar bear is one of the earth’s most magnificent animals, and today we saw many of them here on the banks of Hudson Bay near Churchill, Manitoba. Read more
Polar Bear Tours for Everyone
When I found out that National Wildlife Federation was sending me to the polar bear capital of the world to do some work on polar bears, I was pretty excited. … Read more
After Five Years and Legal Wrangling, Agency Finally Protects South Carolina Wetland
On November 1, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers reasserted basic federal Clean Water Act protections for a 31-acre coastal wetland in Horry County, South Carolina, near Murrells Inlet. That’s the good news. Read more
